November 18, 2024 The Best Source of News, Culture, Lifestyle for Culver City, Mar Vista, Del Rey, Palms and West Los Angeles

Author: Bev Cohn


“As Straw Before the Wind” Needs More Wheat & Less Chaff

September 3, 2016

September 3, 2016

Anyone who has ever needed the services of a caretaker, either temporarily or permanently, may have been fortunate enough to...

Ayad Akhtar’s “Disgraced” on Stage at Mark Taper Forum

June 21, 2016

June 21, 2016

Amir, (Hari Dhillon), an American Muslim, and Emily (Emily Swallow), his beautiful blond wife, have it all. They are a...

‘Blood:’ A Play Review of the Japanese Tainted Blood Scandal

March 20, 2016

March 20, 2016

After sitting through some unsatisfying evenings of theatre, every once in a while I see a production that leaves me...

Bathsheba Doran’s ‘The Mystery of Love & Sex’ West Coast Premiere at Mark Taper Forum

February 26, 2016

February 26, 2016

Center Stage With… Beverly Cohn Editor-at-Large Please forgive me for putting Luigi Pirandello’s iconic play “Six Characters in Search of...

Up Close & Personal With “Youth” Director – Paolo Sorrentino

December 15, 2015

December 15, 2015

Paolo Sorrentino, whose “The Great Beauty,” garnered him the 2014 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, has written and...

REVIEW: Rajiv Joseph’s “Guards at the Taj” at The Geffen Playhouse

October 30, 2015

October 30, 2015

Rajiv Joseph’s “Guards at the Taj,” in its west coast premiere at The Geffen Playhouse, is an intriguing, sometimes absurdist,...

The Ahmanson is alive with “The Sound of Music”

October 12, 2015

October 12, 2015

The Sound of Music kicked off its national tour a few days ago at the Ahmanson Theatre and what a...

Inside Hollywood: Patricia Clarkson on character choices, dating & women of today

October 5, 2015

October 5, 2015

You can be sure if Patricia Clarkson is in a film, you will be treated to a performance that is...

Review: Geffen Playhouse and The Atlantic Theater Company Presents ‘These Paper Bullets!’

September 23, 2015

September 23, 2015

If you decide to see “These Paper Bullets!,” subtitled “A Modish Ripoff of William Shakespeare,” I will try to help...

Northern Ireland – The Land Of Castles, Legends & Myths

August 7, 2015

August 7, 2015

How lucky can one travel writer be? I’ll tell you how lucky. I was the only American journalist invited on...